American English pronunciation
How to pronounce suggests
IPA transcription: [sə'dʒɛsts]
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Verb
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make a proposal, declare a plan for something
“the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax”
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drop a hint; intimate by a hint
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imply as a possibility
“The evidence suggests a need for more clarification”
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suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
“Tetracycline is indicated in such cases”
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call to mind
“this remark evoked sadness”
Usage examples
- Finally, Hex discovers that, as his name suggests, he was cursed from the beginning.
- Bouman suggests that the female mourner could then be Hengist's famous daughter Renwein.
- This suggests she may have been a triple deity.
- One recent study suggests that a mantle convective current is propelling the plate.
- Some evidence suggests similar hepatotoxicity in other populations.
- This suggests that it is unlikely that it was done by a copy artist.
- As its name suggests, certain regions of cerebral softening result in a red color.
- As Sam suggests, these objects are similar to Buddhist Prayer wheels.
- The second higher high suggests that buying still had more pressure than the selling.
- "Lovesong", her third last novel, is, Riemer suggests, "the riskiest book she wrote".